Entertainment

Control Facebook Privacy Settings from Your Mobile

When Facebook introduced its privacy controls in May, it hoped to simplify the once-complex privacy settings for users looking to lock down their content. Today Facebook has made the same simplified privacy control options available to all Facebook mobile web users.

Facebook members can navigate to m.facebook.com/privacy to quickly adjust their settings from their mobile device. Users can select from the default Facebook-defined options for settings — recommended, everyone, friends of friends, or friends only — or customize what they would like to share or keep private on an item-by-item basis.

The rollout of privacy control settings for mobile is currently underway, so all members will have the simplified settings options in the near future.

Creating mobile parity around Facebook privacy settings is a wise move on Facebook's part. The 500 million-member social network continues to see mobile usage grow, which means the mobile options will help more members avoid potential privacy catastrophes while on the go.

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